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裁
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Definitions
- 1. to cut out (as a dress)
- 2. to cut
- 3. to trim
- 4. to reduce
- 5. to diminish
- 6. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
- 7. decision
- 8. judgment
Example Sentences
1 shown爸爸是個 裁 縫。
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Words Containing 裁
genre
dictator
trimmer
court ruling
handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)
vice-chairman (of an organization)
place of judgment
economic sanctions
to make an item of clothing
to consider and decide
to crop
to consider and decide
to tailor (clothes)
to cut back
referee
to reduce troop numbers
to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
to reply (to a letter)
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註|说文解字注[shuō wén jiě zì zhù]
arms reduction
tailor
to punish
to weigh up then decide
(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
disarmament
dictatorship
judge
to dismiss
cut down and merge
arbitration
to handle
(sports) referee; umpire
tailor
to cut out
to consider and decide
to reduce
ruling
lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
to cut staff
nuclear disarmament
chairman
to dissolve an organisation
legal sanction
to tailor
judgment
lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
tailor's shop
ruling